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Content

International students wishing to study at a German university are required to show evidence of sufficient German language skills to enable them to complete their course of study successfully. Such skills include the ability to understand, summarise and produce both spoken and written German specific to a university context.

To do this, students must:

be able to understand and distinguish between processes, facts, thoughts, opinions and intentions and be able to comment on them both orally and in writing;

possess an adequate command of vocabulary, grammar and expression and a knowledge of suitable text types and structures; and

possess a linguistic and practical command of work processes required to study successfully at a German university.

Format

The test consists of a written part and an oral part.

Written Part

Listening comprehension

Reading comprehension

Reading comprehension of an academic text

Text production in response to a diagram or picture

In either section 1 or section 2, you will be asked to produce a written text, through which you should demonstrate that you can express yourself independently and coherently in response to the topic given.

Oral Part

Candidates who have passed the written exam are invited to an oral exam lasting about 30 minutes. Candidates are given a short text to read and prepare beforehand.